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Congregation Agudath Sholom | 301 Strawberry Hill Avenue | Stamford | CT | 06902 |
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Congregation Agudath Sholom | 301 Strawberry Hill Avenue | Stamford | CT | 06902 |
Cantor Arik Wollheim, born and raised in
His accomplishments include winning the famous Hassidic Song Festival in Israel (1994), being a scholarship recipient of the American-Israel Cultural Foundation both 1995 and 1996, winning the Sharet Competition in 1997-98 and being selected a member of the International Vocal Arts Institute conducted by the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City since 1997. In 2004 he released his solo CD “Return to
First imbued with the love and foundations for the cantorial art by his father, Arik advanced his studies with the legendary cantor Itzhak Eshel. Cantor Wollheim has been teaching B'nai Mitzvah for 20 years, and has created and led adult and youth choruses both in
On December 2008 Arik moved to Israel, commuting to CT every month and currently is also studying at Hebrew University of Jerusalem for a PhD conducting research on contemporary chazzanut as a case study in ethnomusicology.
Arik, his wife Tehilah and their daughter Yehudit live in
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